Lynden Pindling

The Right Excellent Sir Lynden Pindling NH KCMG JP
1st Prime Minister of the Bahamas
In office 10 July 1973 – 21 August 1992
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Sir John Paul Sir Milo Butler Sir Gerald Cash Sir Henry Taylor Sir Clifford Darling
Preceded by	Himself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
Succeeded by	Hubert Ingraham
1st Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
In office 10 May 1969 – 10 July 1973
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Himself as Premier of the Bahamas
Succeeded by	Himself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
2nd Premier of the Bahamas
In office 16 January 1967 – 10 May 1969
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Roland Symonette
Succeeded by	Himself as Prime Minister of the Bahama Islands
Member of Parliament for New Providence South
In office June 1956 – 1967
Member of Parliament for Andros-Kemp's Bay & Andros – South Andros & Mangrove Cay
In office January 1967 – July 9, 1997
Personal details
Born	Lynden Oscar Pindling (1930-03-22)22 March 1930 Nassau, Bahamas, British West Indies
Died	26 August 2000(2000-08-26) (aged 70) Nassau, Bahamas
Political party	Progressive Liberal
Spouse	Marguerite McKenzie
Alma mater	King's College London

Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, KCMG, PC, NH, JP (22 March 1930 – 26 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the Bahamas to majority rule and independence.

He served as the first black premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands from 1967 to 1969 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992.

He was leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1956 to 1997 when he resigned from public life under scandal. Pindling won an unbroken string of general elections until 1992, when the PLP lost to the Free National Movement (FNM) led by Hubert Alexander Ingraham. He conceded defeat with the words: "the people of this great little democracy have spoken in a most dignified and eloquent manner and the voice of the people, is the voice of God".